The rate of anesthesia use in screening colonoscopies has increased in both physicians’ offices and ambulatory surgery centers, according to a whitepaper released by Truven Health Analytics. The ...
Anesthesia is being used more often for colonoscopies, even if people really don't need it. People in the Northeast are far more likely to be put... Doctors often let patients decide how much sedation ...
Anesthesia adds risk and cost to the screening procedure, research shows, raising fresh questions about how providers weigh patient satisfaction against outcomes and profit. New findings on risks ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Given a choice, most doctors and nurses who perform colonoscopy would choose to be fully anesthetized when undergoing the procedure themselves - unless they had to pay full ...
The use of anesthesia in uncomplicated colonoscopies is on the rise, driving up the cost of the procedure nationwide. According to a new study from Truven Health Analytics, the presence of anesthesia ...
One of the state’s health insurance giants and its corporate bean counters are making it more agonizing to get a colonoscopy – like that’s even possible. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is ...
A new study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics indicates nitrous oxide gas provides a comparable analgesia to IV sedation for patients undergoing colonoscopy. The study examined 623 ...
ORLANDO -- Using diphenhydramine (Benadryl) in addition to conventional sedatives decreased pain and improved quality of sedation during colonoscopy, a researcher reported here. Results from a ...
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